I Am the Avalanche (album)

I Am the Avalanche is the eponymous debut album by I Am the Avalanche and was released on September 27, 2005 on Drive-Thru Records. The release date marks the two-year anniversary of the break-up of singer Vinnie Caruana's previous band, The Movielife.

I Am the Avalanche
Studio album by
I Am the Avalanche
ReleasedSeptember 27, 2005
RecordedAvast 2 (Seattle, Washington), Electro Kitty (Seattle, Washington)
GenrePost hardcore, indie rock, emo
Length46:37
LabelDrive-Thru
ProducerBarrett Jones
I Am the Avalanche chronology
The Early November/I Am the Avalanche Split EP
(2005)		 I Am the Avalanche
(2005)		 Avalanche United
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk.net71% [1]
AllMusic [2]
Ox-Fanzine7/10[3]


Release

In June and July 2005, the band played a few headlining shows, before supporting Head Automatica and Gym Class Heroes on separate stints. Following this, they appeared on a week's worth of East Coast Warped Tour shows.[4] The band released a split single with the Early November that featured an acoustic version of "I Took a Beating" and new song "New Disaster".[5] They went on a two-week US tour in August 2005 with Silverstein, Scary Kids Scaring Kids and Evergreen Terrace.[6] Following this, I Am the Avalanche went on a cross-country US tour with Bayside, June, and the Forecast, running into October 2005.[7] I Am the Avalanche was made available for streaming on September 25, 2005 through Mammoth Press' website, before being released two days later through Drive-Thru Records.[8] In November 2005, they went on a West Coast tour supporting the Honorary Title, and then supported Hot Rod Circuit on the East Coast.[9][10] In January 2006, I Am the Avalanche supported the Starting Line and MxPx on their co-headlining UK tour.[11] Following this, the band toured the rest of the US with No Use for a Name and the Suicide Machines until March 2006.[12] Following this, they appeared at The Bamboozle festival.[13]

Track listing

(all songs written by Vinnie Caruana)

  1. "Dead and Gone" – 3:41
  2. "New Disaster" – 3:46
  3. "Murderous" – 3:57
  4. "Green Eyes" – 4:40
  5. "I Took a Beating" – 2:22
  6. "Wasted" – 4:34
  7. "Always" – 3:42
  8. "This Is Dungeon Music" – 2:45
  9. "Symphony" – 4:16
  10. "Emergency" – 3:56
  11. "Clean Up" – 3:47
  12. "My Second Restraining Order" – 5:04

Credits

References
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  3. Eberhardt, Thomas (October–November 2005). "Reviews: I Am The Avalanche - s/t CD". Ox-Fanzine (in German). Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  4. Shultz, Brian (May 26, 2005). "I Am The Avalanche finishing debut, touring update". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  5. Paul, Aubin (May 31, 2005). "Upcoming releases from Drive-Thru include Houston Calls, Early November/I Am the Avalanche split". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  6. Paul, Aubin (July 20, 2005). "Evergreen Terrace confirms August touring plans". Punknews.org. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  7. Shultz, Brian (September 3, 2005). "The Forecast / I Am the Avalanche / Bayside / June". Punknews.org. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  8. Shultz, Brian (September 25, 2005). "Full I Am the Avalanche stream / e-card up". Punknews.org. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  9. Paul, Aubin (October 7, 2005). "Dates for second leg of Honorary Title headlining tour". Punknews.org. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  10. Paul, Aubin (October 16, 2005). "Hot Rod Circuit headed out with Piebald, Junior Varsity, I Am the Avalanche, Valient Thorr, others". Punknews.org. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  11. Paul, Aubin (October 17, 2005). "MxPx and Starting Line headed to the UK in January". Punknews.org. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  12. Shultz, Brian (December 20, 2005). "No Use for a Name adds more dates with Suicide Machines / I Am the Avalanche". Punknews.org. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  13. Paul, Aubin (January 23, 2006). "Bamboozle 2006 lineup". Punknews.org. Retrieved November 23, 2021.


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